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The Ultimate College Thread

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EC-Tom
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Alright, this thread is for everything college. Write the schools you applied to/got accepted at/got denied at etc...also write what major you plan on going into and your stats (gpa etc.)


I applied to:

Bentley - waiting for answer

CU Boulder - accepted Leeds School of Business

UVM - waiting for answer

Bryant - waiting for answer


I have a 3.7 gpa and 26 act
Nov 17 2005 6:29AM
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CooksCorner
Posts: 3939 - Karma: 22
I go to Hamilton College, Questions?
Nov 17 2005 7:10AM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
I applied to: University of Michigan
I got accepted to: University of Michigan
GPA 3.85
ACT 29

Grades at University of Michigan: Terrible.
Nov 17 2005 8:45AM
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Taydawg197
Posts: 1137 - Karma: 22
I see you have some nice ski schools on there, bently is a great business school but like 3 hrs from good hills. I goto northeastern in boston and drive ALOT to ski.
Nov 17 2005 8:54AM
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i_ski_switch
Posts: 589 - Karma: 58
Cornell
Duke
Dartmouth
Wake Forest
RPI
Syracuse

i havent gotten decisions from anywhere yet.
GPA 3.9
Nov 17 2005 9:27AM
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Jenna1106
Posts: 3012 - Karma: 10
UVM
UNH
UConn
UMass Amherst
Utah- got in
Boulder
Lehigh
Colorado College
Hampshire Colelge
Johnson State
Castleton State
University of British Columbia
Nov 17 2005 10:10AM
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alex_uk
Posts: 812 - Karma: 10
What does GPA mean (I know it's grade point average), but what grades do the nmbers relate to?
Nov 17 2005 10:11AM
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Jenna1106
Posts: 3012 - Karma: 10
i forgot 2

University of Maine
Marlboro College
Nov 17 2005 10:11AM
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skiman523
Posts: 572 - Karma: 10
A=4, A-=3.7, B+=3.4 and so on take .3 away per each grade. if its a AP class you add a full point
Nov 17 2005 10:44AM
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skier4line1019
Posts: 182 - Karma: 15
UMASS Lowell...criminal justice major
Nov 17 2005 10:59AM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
I'm at community college with a 3.86.....

I don't really have any real colleges to go to yet cause I don't have any idea as to what I would go to school for.
Nov 17 2005 11:11AM
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bsmith01
Posts: 1639 - Karma: 43
3.5 GPA 26 act 1250 sat
Applied and got accepted to:
Ohio State(where im at now)
CU Boulder
U Texas
U Minnesota
Purdue
Rose-Hulman
Nov 17 2005 12:24PM
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SchweitzerSki
Posts: 4479 - Karma: 11
applied to:
eastern washington university
university of washington
gonzaga univeristy
pacific lutheran university
whitman college

got accepted to all of them. i go nowhere right now going in the navy so i don't really care
Nov 17 2005 4:36PM
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Download-My-Apps
Posts: 5069 - Karma: 1,017
I was accepted to
Grande Prairie Regional College
University of Northern British Columbia
University of Victoria
Simon Fraser University

chose SFU cuz they have a good track team, now I hate running.

dont know my GPA, ill find out when the semester ends, probably low though.
Nov 17 2005 5:00PM
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brokenconcept24
Posts: 276 - Karma: 10
applied to:
uvm
bowdoin

will apply to:
colby
middlebury
williams
hamilton
wesleyan
haverford
swarthmore
Nov 17 2005 6:26PM
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jman
Posts: 3117 - Karma: 19
boulder
u of u
iu
ou

got in
Nov 17 2005 6:27PM
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skiman523
Posts: 572 - Karma: 10
all u guys are way to smart im applying to
champlain
Plymouth
keene
unh
umaine
u southern nh
umass
Nov 17 2005 6:31PM
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sniper_6
Posts: 1919 - Karma: 1,573
applied to: West Point
accepted at: West Point
4.0gpa with 1250 SATs (out of 1600)

im still applying to other schools just in case
Boston College
Boston University
Lehigh
Cornell
Penn State
Georgetown
maybe Bucknell
Nov 17 2005 6:32PM
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Capt.Flannel
Posts: 10928 - Karma: 36
At Bridgewater in Mass first semester freshman, waiting for an answer on my Transfer App. to UVM. Going into pre-med and eventually med school to be an orthopaedic surgeon. GPA right now is around a 3.7
Nov 17 2005 7:12PM
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Skipig25
Posts: 10729 - Karma: 256
applying to U of U, 'cuse, UVM, who know's what else. I'm only a junior tho, so I've got time. I'm checking out colleges in april
Nov 17 2005 7:14PM
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skifree919
Posts: 5842 - Karma: 35
im a senior and applying to middlebury, williams, dartmouth, princeton, bucknell, and lafayette. GPa is 4.15 and SATs are 2120. Plus im being recruited for track cause i can jump really far. :-)
Nov 17 2005 7:31PM
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sugarloaf
Posts: 7866 - Karma: 299
yea do you know ellen griffin?
Nov 17 2005 7:35PM
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twix_182
Posts: 9248 - Karma: 27
is it bad if ur a senior and have no clue which college to go to?
Nov 17 2005 7:36PM
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skifree919
Posts: 5842 - Karma: 35
well kinda.. since the deadline for regular applications is January 1st at most places. YOu could take a year off though.
Nov 17 2005 7:37PM
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PurpleSkier
Posts: 5634 - Karma: 311
I applied to Cornell, Western Washington University, The Art Institute of Seattle, and Boston University.

3.6 GPA in HS
4.0 GPA at the Community College I went to during HS.
34 ACT

I got accepted to all of them, and then decided not to go to school for another year or two. I'm traveling instead.
Nov 17 2005 7:37PM
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cj
Posts: 4032 - Karma: 469
the ultimate college thread needs more wet tshirts.

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Nov 17 2005 7:40PM
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cj
Posts: 4032 - Karma: 469
no college is complete without....you guessed it, beer bongs!

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Nov 17 2005 7:49PM
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010
Posts: 1427 - Karma: 14
applied ED to colgate - waiting on response 84-86ish average, 750 math, 580 reading, 690 writing SATs
im applying to bucknell, lafayette, uh maybe UVM if i dont get into colgate
Nov 17 2005 7:50PM
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Head69
Posts: 700 - Karma: 1
University of Dayton-Accepted to School of Business

Saint Louis University- Accepted to School of Business

Marquette University-Pending

GPA: 3.6
ACT: 27
Nov 17 2005 8:28PM
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Coalescent
Posts: 4871 - Karma: 2,063
hahahahahahaha look at the guy behind the girl...but anyways...
i have a 3.78 gpa and a 1010 out of 1600
applied= HACC (community college)
Shippensburg University
Plymouth State
Accepted= HACC
Still waiting on plymouth state and ship
Nov 17 2005 8:33PM
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